Elswick, Newcastle Business Park, 'Tipping off the World'

HER Number:
10913

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Newcastle Business Park, 'Tipping off the World'

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1990 by Andrew Burton. This bronze sculpture of an elephant ridding itself of its burden, was originally displayed at Gateshead Garden Festival in 1990, now sited within Newcastle Business Park, who commissioned the piece. Andrew Burton teaches sculpture at Newcastle University. It is embellished with imprints. Commissioned by Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.

Easting:
2335

Northing:
6294

Grid Reference:
NZ23356294

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 79; 'Festival Landmarks 90', the official guide to art in the 1990 Gateshead Garden Festival; Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 124